A Maryland woman is charged with arson after fire officials say she started an apartment building blaze that displaced more than 100 people when she was upset with her ex-boyfriend.The Prince George's County Fire/EMS Department announced Friday that 32-year-old Natasha Ciara Joyner had been arrested Thursday and charged with first- and second-degree arson, malicious burning and other offenses. Officials say investigators determined the fire was incendiary and say Joyner started the fire because she was upset with her ex-boyfriend.Fire officials say the fire broke out at a three-story, garden-style apartment building on Sept. 17 and it took nearly two hours to extinguish the blaze, which damaged four apartment buildings. No one was injured, but officials say the fire caused $2.2 million in damage and displaced about 130 residents.

NEW CARROLLTON, Md. —

A Maryland woman is charged with arson after fire officials say she started an apartment building blaze that displaced more than 100 people when she was upset with her ex-boyfriend.

The Prince George's County Fire/EMS Department announced Friday that 32-year-old Natasha Ciara Joyner had been arrested Thursday and charged with first- and second-degree arson, malicious burning and other offenses. Officials say investigators determined the fire was incendiary and say Joyner started the fire because she was upset with her ex-boyfriend.

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Fire officials say the fire broke out at a three-story, garden-style apartment building on Sept. 17 and it took nearly two hours to extinguish the blaze, which damaged four apartment buildings. No one was injured, but officials say the fire caused $2.2 million in damage and displaced about 130 residents.